Strategy and industry effects on profitability: evidence from Greece

By Yiannis E. Spanos, George Zaralis, Spyros Lioukas. 2004

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Subfields: Accounting, Economics and Econometrics

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Generic strategies and firm performance in SMEs: a longitudinal study of Austrian SMEs (2010, methodology): “2.2 The combination strategy as distinct generic strategy The question of whether companies can (or even should) combine differentiation and low cost strategies has been discussed in the extant literature (e.g., Helms et al. 1997; Parnell 2000; Spanos et al. 2004; Thornhill and White 2007).”
Does the implementation of a combination competitive strategy yield incremental performance benefits? A new perspective from a transition economy in Sub-Saharan Africa (2008, background): “Consistent with extant research, the results from our overall sample provides support for the viability and profitability of pursuing the cost-leadership, differentiation and combination strategies (e.g., Kim et al., 2004, Miller and Dess, 1993, Spanos et al., 2004).”
Effectiveness of technology investment: Impact of internal technological capability, networking and investment's strategic importance (2012, background): “This was founded on the competitive advantage of low labour costs that countries such as Greece traditionally enjoyed over more advanced economies (Spanos et al., 2004).”
Characteristics of organizational structure relating to hybrid competitive strategy: Implications for performance (2012, methodology): “…strategies, other authors show that low costs and differentiation may be compatible approaches (Hill, 1988; Murray, 1988; Wright et al., 1995), postulating the pursuit of hybrid, mixed, integrated, or combination strategies (Acquaah and Yasai-Ardekani, 2008; Kimet al., 2004; Spanos et al., 2004).”
Geographical pathways for SME internationalization: insights from an Italian sample (2013, methodology): “Due to the possibly endogenous nature of our independent variables, which might cause potential correlation between the regressors and the error terms, which in turn would render our estimates biased and inconsistent (Spanos et al., 2004), we relied on the use of three years’ lagged rather than cont”
When do Dynamic Capabilities Lead to Competitive Advantage? The Importance of Strategic Fit (2018, unknown): “Similarly, firms with a low-cost orientation continuously refined for higher efficiency by dynamic capabilities might be able to differentiate by leveraging efficiency across a wider product scope (Spanos et al., 2004).”
Competitive position, managerial ties, and profitability of foreign firms in China: an interactive perspective (2009, background): “First, despite the prominence of the competitive strategy perspective, few researchers have examined its role in emerging economies for foreign firms (Spanos et al., 2004).”